The scan scope refers to the locations of files which are scanned by the application while running a scan task. You can expand or restrict the scan scope by adding or removing objects for scanning, or by changing the type of files to be scanned.
To create the scan scope:
Open Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console.
In the Managed devices folder of the console tree, open the folder with the name of the administration group to which the relevant protected virtual machines belong.
In the workspace, select the Tasks tab.
Select a Light Agent for Windows virus scan policy in the list of policies and open the Properties: <Task name> window in one of the following ways:
By double-clicking.
Right-click to bring up the context menu of the task and select Settings.
By clicking the Configure task settings link is located on the right of the list of tasks in the section with task settings.
In the window of Light Agent for Windows virus scan task properties, select the Settings section in the list on the left.
The task settings will appear in the right part of the window.
In the Security level section, click the Settings button.
The Virus Scan window opens.
In the Virus scan window on the Scope tab in the File types section, specify the types of files that must be scanned by the application:
If you want the program to scan all files, select All files.
If you want the program to scan files of formats, which are the most vulnerable to infection, select Files scanned by format.
If you want the program to scan files with extensions that are the most vulnerable to infection, select Files scanned by extension.
When selecting the type of files to scan, remember the following information:
There are some file formats (such as .txt) for which the probability of intrusion of malicious code and its subsequent activation is quite low. At the same time, there are file formats that contain or may contain executable code (such as .exe, .dll, and .doc). The risk of intrusion and activation of malicious code in such files is quite high.
An intruder can send a virus or other malware to your virtual machine in an executable file that has had its extension changed to .txt. If you select scanning of files by extension, such a file is skipped by the scan. If scanning of files by format is selected, then regardless of the extension, Kaspersky Security application analyzes the file header. This analysis may reveal that the file is in .exe format. Such a file is thoroughly scanned for viruses and other malware.
Click OK in the Virus scan window.
In the Scan scope section, click the Settings button.
The Scan scope window opens.
In the Scan scope window, do one of the following:
To add a new object to the list of objects to be scanned, click the Add button.
The Select object window opens.
If you want to change the path to an object, select one from the list of objects and click the Edit button.
The Select object window opens.
If you want to remove an object from the scan scope, select one from the list of objects and click the Delete button.
A window for confirming deletion opens.
You cannot remove or edit objects that are included in the default scan scope.
Do one of the following:
If you want to add a new object, in the Select object window select the object in the tree or specify the path to the object in the Object field and click Add.
The object added in the Select object window appears in the list of objects in the Scan scope window.
Click OK.
To change the path to an object, enter a different path to the object in the Object field of the Select object window and click OK.
If you want to remove an object, click Yes in the removal confirmation window.
If necessary, repeat steps 10 and 11 to add objects, change the path to objects, or remove objects from the scan scope.
If you want to exclude an object from the scan scope, clear the check box next to the object in the Scan scope list. The object remains on the list of objects to be scanned, but it is not scanned when the scan task runs.